FEBRUARY ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 27 February 2018 - 9:00 AM start
An Inuit walrus ivory folk art beaker
Realised: $200 plus premium
Lot Details
etched with a seal and duck, the handle of the beaker formed of a tusk tip. Labelled: 'Made by Atlin Indians, Alaska, James Dunning (collector), 1919', with accompanying correspondence noting the scarcity of Inuit curios and a newspaper page recording Dunning's gift of American big game specimens to the Auckland Museum. Height 150.
